Goal Setting

Can you believe we are already swiftly heading towards the end of June? Where has the year gone!

Futhermore, how are those resolutions going, that you may have made back in January?

The focus of this post is goal setting. Not necessarily an in-depth 'how to', as I feel I'm not an expert on goal setting and this is something that should be tailored to each individual.

For those that have never set any goals before, but feel like your daily routine, in both health and fitness may be lacking, here are a few tried and tested tips!

Write clear goals

Sometimes its easier to start backwards from your end-goal and instead of writing "I should be", write "I am". eg "This month I am able to run a full 5km. I am one month away from my end goal and excited to see my progress".

Create a specific action plan for each of the goals that you want to set

How long will you allow yourself to achieve this goal? As an added extra I also like to make myself write bullet points on things that I still always forget are important. 

eg "Write 3 things that made you happy today".

Read your goals daily and visualise yourself accomplishing them

It's important to have a positive mind and the most effective way to encourage this is to find encouraging words, quotes and images of inspiration and wisdom to keep you on the right track. This is a perfect example of where your Vision Board could come into play.

Reflect on the progress that you make

 This can be month by month or week by week depending on your goal's time frame

Try to stay on target as best you can. If your goal is exercise related, you may find small and simple things such as pre-planning your meals and weekly shopping, along with preparing your next day's meals the night before, will assist you in your goal process

Make yourself accountable

Do you have a like-minded friend that also has goals of their own to accomplish? Why not team up, and report your goal progress to each other - weekly or monthly depending on your goal's time frame. Also a great opportunity for a catch up and some exercise. See, that counts as goal progress and you probably didn't even realise!

Eliminate Procrastination

If you know you're slow or lazy at something, try to eliminate the odds of this happening. This ties in with the meal pre-planning I mentioned, and can also apply to laying out your work clothes the night before, packing your training gear the night before so you're ready to go in the morning or leaving your breakfast ingredients out on the bench (if not needed in the fridge) the night before.

Now after reading this, is it time to re-asses the goals you have already made? And if you haven't made any yet, go find a pen and some paper, and start writing down your July goals - plenty of time for you to visualise what you want to achieve before we finish June, and break down your weekly items to tick off.

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